The Horror of Seventies Pornography It’s amazing what a little research can do. When I was a teenager I saw one of the most perverted pornographic films I’ve ever seen. [read on...]

97. Boardwalk (1979; Stephen Verona) Lee Strasberg and Ruth Gordon star as David and Becky Rosen, an elderly Jewish couple living in Coney Island. They’ve spent their entire married life [read on...]

I’ve decided to create a personal top 100 for the year 1979. I’ll be hoping to highlight some of the more unknown films from the year, along with reviews of [read on...]

9. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story   Year: 1987 Director: Todd Haynes Writers: Cynthia Schneider, Todd Haynes Cast: Barbie, Ken Country: USA Possibly the most notorious film in this countdown, [read on...]

8. Santo and the Blue Demon vs. the Monsters Year: 1970 Director: Gilberto Martinez Solares Writer: Rafael García Travesi, Jesús Sotomayor Martínez Cast: Santo, Blue Demon, Jorge Rado, Carlos Ancira [read on...]

7. Crippled Masters Year: 1979 Director: Kei Law Cast: Jackie Conn, Frankie Shum Country: Taiwan Spoilers ahead On the face of it, The Crippled Masters should be an insult to [read on...]

6. Son of Dracula Year: 1974 Director: Freddie Francis Writer: Jennifer Jayne Cast: Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Freddie Jones, Dennis Price Country: UK Spoilers ahead First things first, this is [read on...]

When a young Ray Bradbury visited a carnival, it changed his life. At 12 years old he met a carnival magician named Mr. Electro who told Bradbury of eternal life [read on...]

5. Lorna the Exorcist   Year: 1974 Director: Jesus Franco Writer: Jesus Franco, Robert de Nesle, Nicole Guettard Cast: Guy Delorme, Jacqueline Laurent, Lina Romay, Pamela Stanford Country: France Genre: [read on...]

4. Fighting Back Year: 1982 Director: Lewis Teague Writer: Tom Hedley, David Z. Goodman Cast: Tom Skerrit, Patti LuPone, Michael Sarrazin, Yaphet Kotto Country: USA Genre: Drama, Gang Spoilers ahead [read on...]

For Your Consideration So the Oscars have changed their rules again. Up until two years ago there were five nominees for best picture. A change meant the number increased from [read on...]

8. Boardwalk Year: 1979 Director: Stephen Verona Writer: Leigh Chapman, Stephen Verona Cast: Lee Strasberg, Ruth Gordon, Vivien Leigh, Michael Ayr Country: USA Genre: Drama, Gang Lee Strasberg and Ruth [read on...]

3. Tales from the Gimli Hospital Year: 1989 Director: Guy Maddin Country: Canada Cast: Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gotti Genre: Fantasy, Horror Spoilers ahead The films I’ve included in the series [read on...]

2. If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? Year: 1971 Director: Ron Ormond Genre: Christian Propaganda, Unintentional comedy Ron Ormond started his career as an exploitation film-maker, churning out [read on...]

2. Bad Memories (2011) Some Spoilers ahead. A police officer, Jim Marquez (Rupert Graves) visits the office of an expert in audio files, Rachel Weir (Nicola Walker), bringing with him [read on...]

I plan to start a run-down of films from the edges of cinema, films that are either so bad, so insane, so twisted, so perverse or so jaw-dropping that they [read on...]

7. The Legend of Hillbilly John Year: 1974 Director: John Newland Writer: Melvin Levy Cast: Hedges Caper, Severn Darden, Sharon Henesy, Denver Pyle Country: USA Genre: Horror, Fantasy Spoilers ahead. [read on...]

6. The Black Panther Year: 1977 Director: Ian Merrick Writer: Michael Armstrong Cast: Donald Sumpter, Debbie Farrington, Marjorie Yates, Sylvia O’Donnell Country: UK Genre: Thriller, True Crime I’m sure most [read on...]